Brittanee Drexel, missing since April 25, 2009, was finally found Wednesday, May 11, near Myrtle Beach, Georgetown County, South Carolina, where she was last seen years earlier. The American police gave a press conference on Monday to announce the discovery of the young woman’s body.
Sex offender arrested
In the process, a sex offender named Raymond Douglas Moody was arrested by the police and indicted for the murder of the teenager. According to the latest information shared by the Daily Star, the suspect allegedly strangled Brittanee Drexel the day she disappeared before burying her body the following day. The remains of the young woman were identified thanks to a dental file and DNA tests.
At the time, Brittanee Drexel disobeyed her mother’s orders and flew from Rochester, New York, to the resort town with her friends. Despite the $25,000 reward, no information had been collected by the police. However, a prisoner named Taquan Brown claimed to have seen the girl being sexually assaulted by several men.
She would then have tried to flee before being caught by one of them. Two shots then reportedly rang out. ” Brittanee tragically lost her life, at the hands of a gruesome criminal who walked our streets “, declared in particular Susan Ferensic, agent of the FBI in charge of the investigation.
For her part, Brittanee Drexel’s mother also reacted during the press conference: ” It really is a mother’s worst nightmare. I mourn my beautiful daughter Brittanee as I have for 13 years. But today is a bittersweet ending. »
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